Defined in the law · AI Act Art. 3(1)
AI system
In plain English
A machine-based system that works with some autonomy and works out, from the input it receives, how to produce outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations or decisions that can affect physical or virtual environments.
The definition in the law
‘AI system’ means a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments
Related
The official text is quoted word for word from the English version of the source named under it; only the version published in the Official Journal of the EU is legally binding. The plain-English line is Fino’s own summary, not legal advice.